How much time have I spent in the workshop?? …No idea! That’s why I built a clock and to make it a little special, each hour is a different species of wood 
I like to film my projects so you can watch the build video if you’re interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REPYdGGGCho
And to answer the obvious question, the order is: Poplar, Lime, Pine, Maple, Beech, Ash, Red Oak, White Oak, Cherry, Iroko, Sapele, Walnut
What a cool idea and they look great! Do you mind if I ask where you get the clock mechanisms that you’re using? I’ve tried a number of them from Amazon and none of them kept correct time past a few weeks.
A venerable company in this space is:
https://www.klockit.com/all-departments/quartz-clock-movements.html
(ob. discl., I used to help out on their catalog production)
Thanks. I’ll check them out.
@ksymons I only finished it this weekend so am sadly too early to comment, I got this one from Amazon so perhaps it won’t be the best - will have to wait and find out!
Good luck. I was afraid to send out the clocks I made to anyone. It would have been embarrassing if they didn’t keep accurate time for long. I also tried carbon zinc batteries because I read somewhere that they worked better with the quartz mechanisms but they didn’t help.
Yeah that would stress me out if it was for someone else, fortunately this one is just for me so not the end of the world if it loses a couple of minutes. I’m hoping it won’t though!
I really like the look and using different species is a great idea! Using cutoffs and scraps that I’d normally throw away could be a good material source for something like that. Might be time to start a new design session here 
What’s the answer to the less obvious question: how did you pick the order 
Actually maybe that’s also obvious 
@Jeffish design away my friend! Every offcut deserves a good project to be part of 
@HeuristicBishop that is a slippery slope for sure! I just decided lightest to darkest and then got my wife to put them in colour order for me 
A Christmas Gift for my mother. Didn’t realize my cutters weren’t deep enough at first. After finding a longer 1/8 ball end mill I was back in business. .013 step over maybe a little overkill but I was trying to eliminate some sanding.
Here is the final test cut for the first prototype axis chuck.
I got past a self inflicted setup mistake, changed up a few fastener combinations.
I was too sloppy in the fits so the handle ability is too floppy, but the results aren’t too shabby.
Great learning experience, and a ways to go.
@jtclose Looking good Jim!
Finally… here’s the finished product!! Top to bottom is cherry, walnut and yep you guessed it…mahogany
I have a base designed that will hold 5 flowers as well so next time I run these I’ll do that setup.
Really have it dialed in Jim, looks great!
A fun one I’m working on for my grandkids. In the raw (onion skin and tabs still on). On to the finishing lady
@Redlander Close ups so you can see the clean cuts on hdu.
12"x14"
